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• Platforms like GM's car Bravo, the used vehicle marketplace, is designed to meet the demand by connecting
• puts Texas dealers at a disadvantage compared to retailers in other states or even digital-only platforms
• Platforms.
• It would be priced the same across all the platforms.

Bills: SB 35, SB 249, SB 546, SB 1353, SB 1493, SB 2246, SB 1902, SB 1029

Keywords: transportation, TxDOT, Texas Department of Transportation, road projects, highways, infrastructure, bridge construction, interchanges, corridor improvements, road widening, railroad grade separation, sound barrier, unified transportation program, legislative notice, project prioritization, capital projects, state highway system, Farm-to-Market Roads, San Antonio, Harris County

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• And their reasoning was not everybody had the Internet.
• Yeah, but not everybody can afford the Internet.
• We always should— Yeah, but not everybody can afford the Internet.
• As far as the Internet and the world we live in... From there.
• As far as the Internet and the world we live in, I'm getting there, but I've still, ribbon and Carver

Keywords: 965, house, all

Summary: The committee met at 5:13 p.m. on April 15 with 14 members present and took up several local and municipal bills. HB 87, which would increase the per diem for the Livingston Parish Gas Utility District No. 1 board, was presented as a local bill with no opposition and was reported favorably without objection. HB 162, authorizing the Jefferson Place/Bocage Crime Prevention and Improvement District to levy a fee after a local vote, was also moved favorably without objection. A lengthy discussion centered on HB 481, which would change the rate for publishing official proceedings and public notices. Supporters from the Louisiana Press Association said a prior agreement intended a 15% to 20% reduction in newspaper revenue, but a calculation error meant the current law would instead cut revenues by about 40% to 50% when it takes effect in 2027. Representatives from police juries and other local-government groups argued the bill should be corrected to restore the intended compromise, while some members questioned whether the change would break a prior deal and whether small or single-newspaper parishes would be harmed. The committee ultimately reported HB 481 favorably by a 10-5 vote, with members urging further negotiation and possible floor amendments. HB 573, as amended, would restructure oversight of the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board by giving the New Orleans City Council and mayor more authority over operations, contracts, and accountability measures. Representative Hilferty and Mayor Helena Moreno argued the current structure diffuses responsibility and has failed residents, while one witness from the Louisiana Justice Institute warned the bill could shift control without fixing infrastructure problems and could raise equity and financial concerns. Despite that opposition, the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also advanced HB 368, increasing fines for unauthorized demolition of historic properties in New Orleans; HB 441, clarifying that Sewerage and Water Board employees remain in city civil service; and HB 257, which would give the elected police chief of Central authority to hire, fire, and discipline police personnel, subject to consultation with the city attorney and a delayed effective date. All of those bills were reported favorably after discussion and, where needed, adoption of amendments.

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• you guys have any input into the bill's recommendation to develop a statewide permitting intake platform
• >> If that was the case, is the appropriation enough to develop the statewide permitting intake platform
• develop the statewide<00:08:18.240><c> permitting</c><00:08:19.280><c> intake</c><00:08:19.759><c> platform
• </c> statewide permitting intake platform? statewide permitting intake platform?

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint hearing covered three bills, all related to outdoor lighting or permitting. On SB 2278, which addressed light pollution and outdoor lighting standards, testimony was mixed: the University of Hawaiʻi and others raised concerns that the bill’s 4,000K color temperature standard and other provisions conflicted with dark-sky and wildlife-protection recommendations, while some groups testified in support. A lighting industry engineer also questioned how turtle-lighting provisions would apply in practice and urged a workable standard that balances safety, design, and wildlife concerns. On SB 2908, relating to permitting, the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and several business groups testified, generally standing on written testimony or supporting the measure. Committee discussion focused on a proposed statewide permitting intake platform; the Office of Planning said the SPEED Task Force believed counties were better suited to handle permitting information, and members asked whether the appropriation was sufficient. The committee voted to pass SB 2908 with amendments, including a deferred effective date of July 1, 2050. On SB 2987, also relating to light pollution, the University of Hawaiʻi strongly supported the bill and proposed amendments to create campus lighting zones tailored to safety and foot traffic, while the Department of Land and Natural Resources stood on its comments and several other organizations testified in support or opposition. The chair said the committee would address business safety concerns by making technical and nonsubstantive amendments, exempting outdoor light fixtures for airports, highways, and harbors, and deferring the effective date to July 1, 2050. The committee then adopted the recommendation to pass SB 2987 with amendments and adjourned.

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• i-Ready around the district, but I'm really not trying to get into the pros and cons of the various platforms
• We just simply found that the other platform worked better for our community.
• We just simply found that the other platform worked better for our community.
• that were brought up, Senator Rogich, the data that we use currently for special education is a platform
• So it is a different platform.

Bills: AB386

Keywords: AB386, Washoe County School District, reading assessment, literacy, elementary school, pupil assessment, statewide assessment, alternative assessment, reading proficiency, standards-based testing, valid and reliable test, State Board of Education, Department of Education, pilot program, school testing, assessment equivalency, education grant, Nevada education, NRS 388.157, school accountability

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• And the third thing is the proliferation of the internet.
• >> This was well after the internet got started.
• >> This was well after the internet got started.
• >> This was well after the internet got started. It was 1992, but pre the constitutional amendment.
• existed in 1992, but I'm not internet existed in 1992, but I'm not sure<00:34:58.640><c> you</c><00:

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The meeting covered two committee of conference items. On HB 1260, the House and Senate debated a Senate amendment dealing with sealing certain divorce-related financial records. House members argued the amendment conflicted with the Keane Sentinel decision and would improperly flip the burden of proof on public access to court records, raising constitutional concerns under the state constitution’s open government and privacy provisions. Senate members responded that the privacy amendment and modern conditions support more protection for sensitive financial information, especially in limited uncontested divorces, but several members agreed the issue should be studied in a separate bill with a full hearing next year rather than resolved in conference. The committee ultimately voted unanimously to have the Senate recede and pass HB 1260 in the form originally passed by the House, preserving the underlying bill without the Senate amendment. The committee then took up HB 1574, which extends free and reduced-price breakfast and lunch programs and provides funding for SNAP administrative costs. The main dispute was the Senate’s addition of $4.4 million for SNAP administration. Senator Gray and DHHS officials said federal changes will shift more administrative costs to the state and that underfunding administration could raise the SNAP error rate, which could trigger future federal penalties and larger state costs; DHHS reported a current error rate of 7.57%, below the national average, and said a higher error rate could cost the state roughly $12 million in a partial fiscal year and nearly $16 million in a full year. Representative Papovich said he understood the department’s needs but was reluctant to support the bill as amended, noting the Senate language resembled a prior bill that had already failed in the House. The discussion ended with the committee still considering the Senate amendment, with members weighing the immediate appropriation against possible future costs.

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• Unfortunately, our older population has learned how to use the internet.
• Uh, but they have not been as good of a decipherer of false items on the internet, which they share with
• </c><00:50:46.559><c> Uh</c> has learned how to use the internet.
• Uh has learned how to use the internet.
• which they share with impunity internet which they share with impunity uh<00:50:57.280><c> and</c><00

Keywords: Government Structure - Room 409, 12 January, 2026; 2:00 P.M., 925, all

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• We tackled internet crimes against children, which to me are probably one of the most heinous offenses
• um internet crimes against children<00:09:51.040><c> with</c><00:09:51.240><c> to</c><00:09:51.360><
• Secondly, it's my ability to deliver complex issues, things like game rooms, internet crimes against
• Secondly, it's my ability to deliver complex issues, things like game rooms, internet crimes against
• Secondly, it's my ability to deliver complex issues, things like game rooms, internet crimes against

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committees met on February 19, 2025, to hear advice-and-consent nominations, beginning with GM 645/GM 650 for Mike Lambert as Director of the Department of Law Enforcement. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support from state officials, community leaders, nonprofit representatives, and others, who praised Lambert’s collaboration with communities, communication skills, and practical approach to public safety. Several speakers highlighted his work on homelessness, game rooms, community policing, and his ability to work across public health and law enforcement lines. Lambert told the committee he has 22 years of law enforcement experience, including patrol, community policing, training, narcotics/vice, and work on fentanyl, internet crimes against children, and ghost guns, and said his priorities would include building community trust, improving training and discipline, and addressing fireworks and firearms enforcement. Senators asked about fireworks, federal collaboration, ports and airport screening, recruitment, pay parity, and whether the department should expand into a more formal state police force; Lambert said he would need time to learn the new port/shipping environment and would support a state police class and expanded enforcement capacity. The committee did not take a final vote in the portion of the transcript provided. The committee then heard GM 567 for Jean Dello Jr. as chairperson of the Hawaii Paroling Authority. Supporters, including Hawaii Friends of Restorative Justice and Hawaii Paroling Authority staff, described him as honest, ethical, fair, and experienced in balancing public safety with rehabilitation and re-entry. Dello said he came out of retirement in 2021 to serve on the board, and that his background in federal probation and state corrections led him to favor evidence-based practices over simple compliance monitoring. He emphasized the need to weigh public safety with giving inmates a real opportunity to transition successfully back into the community. No final action or vote was announced in the excerpt provided.

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• It also sets out a statute of limitations for statements published on the internet. Thank you, Mr.
• It also sets out a statute of limitations for statements published on the internet.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• areas, since Starlink has been kind of a way that a lot of these areas have been looking at getting internet
• So it's not just directly to the internet service providers; it's also to nations, pueblos, and tribes

Keywords: 996, all

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• We're going to take up tab 19, CS for SB 7014 on OGSR social media platform investigations by Commerce
• to October 2, 2031, for two public record exemptions related to investigations into social media platforms
• The public record exemptions related to investigations into social media platforms.
• received by the Department of Legal Affairs or a law enforcement agency into whether a social media platform
• points, and law enforcement agencies to evaluate the steps needed to create a secure web-based alert platform

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules met with a quorum present and heard a long agenda of bills, beginning with CS/SB 62 on candidate qualification, which would create an enforcement mechanism for party-affiliation qualification requirements and allow challenges by qualified candidates or political parties. The bill was reported favorably. The committee then heard CS/SB 156, the Officer Jason Raynor Act, which would clarify resistance-to-officer language and impose a mandatory life sentence for manslaughter committed against a law enforcement officer; the sponsor and local law enforcement supporters emphasized the Raynor case, while criminal defense lawyers objected to deleting existing force-limit language and to the mandatory life penalty. Despite the opposition, the bill was reported favorably. The committee also approved several open-government sunset review bills extending or preserving public records exemptions, including CS/SB 7014 on social media platform investigations, SB 7016 on small business loan program records, CS/SB 7012 on Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles investigations, CS/SB 7000 on emergency shelter recipient information, CS/SB 7002 on Department of Military Affairs records, SB 7004 on conviction integrity unit reinvestigation materials, SB 7006 on Florida Public Service Commission records and meetings, and SB 7008 on Florida Gaming Control Commission records and meetings. Other measures reported favorably included SB 624 allowing optional faith-based activities in batterers’ intervention programs, HB 167 protecting former phosphate mining lands from certain strict-liability claims, CS/SB 48 on accessory dwelling units and housing supply, SB 288 on rural electric cooperatives, CS/SB 364 modernizing CPA licensure, SB 292 creating a records exemption for appellate court clerks and families, CS/SB 296 expanding domestic violence safety tools and address confidentiality protections, CS/SB 298 as the public-records companion, SB 386 on farm equipment lemon-law style protections, and SB 168 expanding public nuisance law to include gambling houses. Several bills drew supportive testimony from local governments, advocacy groups, industry groups, and affected families, with some opposition on SB 156 and SB 290. For CS/SB 48, the committee adopted two amendments before reporting the bill favorably. SB 290 on the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services was temporarily postponed after the chair allowed public testimony but no final action was taken. At the end of the meeting, senators recorded their votes on selected bills, and the committee adjourned.

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• </c> every single day right now on platforms every single day right now on platforms as<00:10:37.519>
• Kids as young as six years old are being sexually exploited on big tech platforms.
• </c> website, that platform. website, that platform.
• </c> let that young person use that platform let that young person use that platform at<00:20:48.159>
• </c> [clears throat] can the platform [clears throat] can the platform require, require, require, you

Keywords: 1183, house

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• services streaming audio and video services streaming audio and video Services<00:27:21.559><c> internet
• c><00:27:22.120><c> access</c><00:27:22.600><c> service</c><00:27:23.159><c> social</c> Services internet
• access service social Services internet access service social media<00:27:23.919><c> applications</c
• company where the auditor said, no, you have to pay sales tax on it because you're using it for internet
• company where the auditor said, no, you have to pay sales tax on it because you're using it for internet

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And so I'll start with something that we introduced last year, and that is the project delivery platform
• And so I wanted to share a few things that you'll see new in this delivery platform dashboard.
• And so we've provided a lot more details within this platform that you will hopefully really be excited
• And then, of course, this platform is now built out.
• We've built that platform, so that platform is fully built out, and we are uploading that data now.

Summary: The Senate Joint Transportation, Highways and Public Works Committee received an update from DOTD Secretary Glenn Ledet and Deputy Secretary Bo Black on the department’s transformation efforts. DOTD highlighted its new project delivery dashboard, key performance indicators, and litter abatement work, including nearly $15 million spent on litter pickup and a new highway sponsorship pilot. Members also received updates on LTIF 1.0 and 2.0, with officials reporting that most LTIF 1.0 work is complete and that LTIF 2.0 is progressing under budget. The committee also heard updates on the Office of Highway Construction’s bridge bundling program, the Calcasieu River Bridge project, and the Cameron Ferry boat replacement and privatization solicitation process. The committee reviewed the draft 2026-2027 highway priority program, which DOTD said includes $913 million for construction and about $1.2 billion across 302 projects. Members discussed the public roadshow comments, project acceleration, and corridor planning, including the I-12 corridor and the Calcasieu River Bridge environmental review and public meetings. No vote was taken on the highway priority program at this meeting. The statewide flood control program presented six recommended projects for fiscal year 2026-2027, including projects in Gretna, St. John, St. James, Mandeville, and two Lafourche-area projects, with officials saying the projects meet benefit-cost criteria and would reduce flood damage. The airport construction and development priority program was also reviewed, with 31 air carrier projects and 99 general aviation projects recommended. The rail program reported no new projects but said it expects a $13 million request and has 19 projects in the queue, while the port program presented three unfunded projects for future consideration. The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission and LSU’s Center for Analytics and Research presented crash data focused on impaired driving. They said 2024 saw 753 traffic fatalities, with impaired driving accounting for about one-third of fatal crashes, and estimated the economic cost of impaired driving at roughly $700 million. Members discussed youth driving, marijuana and alcohol trends, ignition interlock, DWI courts, and enforcement challenges on waterways. The meeting concluded with no formal votes or final actions on the major program items presented.

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• people getting into surgery, people becoming nurses, and then moving into their higher education Platform
• number two, more importantly, we're missing a chance to be efficient if we've got a good digital platform
• If they're pursuing some sort of virtual education, they can all use the same platform, and then we get
• I go by my own online platform.
• You will also see the number of courses that are embedded in our platform.

Keywords: 914, all

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• A platform to have a conversation about how we create a centralized body to ensure that the memory of
• Until showtime, 24 hours before the showtime, to prevent secondary platforms from mimicking, faking,
• or otherwise reproducing the ticket and then selling it on multiple platforms.
• line of dealing with the consumer that has been defrauded or deceived by these secondary market platforms
• But if somebody else from any other platform has a proof of purchase, comes to our stadium and goes to

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• So I just really encourage all of us to utilize our own platforms to share in promoting what we're doing
• So I just really encourage all of us to utilize our own platforms to share in promoting what we're doing
• So I just really encourage all of us to utilize our own platforms to share in promoting what we're doing
• So I just really encourage all of us to utilize our own platforms to share in promoting what we're doing
• And so I just really encourage all of us to utilize our own platforms to share in promoting what we're

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So, I'll start off with a brief overview of our IT platforms and then jump right into an overview of
• This platform supports the ordering and distribution of more than 10 million vaccine doses annually to
• The second platform in VMS is MyTurn.
• And in the last platform, Is the digital vaccine record or MyDVR.
• This platform makes vaccine records from the immunization registry available to members of the public

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• For the statewide college transcript review platform and the review process, we identify three different
• First, there's the $5 million to build the transcript review platform.
• So we do recommend adopting those last two proposals if the transcript review platform goes forward.
• Yeah, so I think the increase we see is more associated with trying to get the transcript review platform
• Yes, Senator Archuleta, that'll cover the cost associated with standing up the transcript review platform

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• So what Street Vision is: it's a data analytics platform.
• So just to be clear, when we chose this area, we had just begun to use this platform.
• This is a platform that is put together, I believe, by Cambridge University.
• When we pulled it up on the platform, we saw there was actually—yes, according to this, it shows that
• Now we're able to actually look at the platform and say, well, actually, you may think you have a speeder

Keywords: 904, all

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• This digital platform allows us to track where we're assigning people by location.
• This digital platform allows us to track where we're assigning people by location, what area they're
• Another aspect or feature of this platform is it provides information sharing.
• Another aspect or feature of this platform is it provides information sharing.
• This platform lets us share information more effectively.

Summary: The committee heard and advanced several appropriation and policy bills. SB 1488 would appropriate $600,000 for a workforce development study on coal-impacted communities in northern Arizona, especially areas affected by the closure of Navajo Generating Station and related coal operations; supporters described it as a needed transition study, and it received a do-pass recommendation. SB 1523 would provide $340,000 to the Navajo Nation for the Ganado waterline pipeline project serving 235 homes; testimony emphasized long-standing lack of safe drinking water, and the bill also received a do-pass recommendation. SB 1041 would appropriate $500,000 to the Arizona Trail Fund; supporters highlighted the trail’s statewide recreational and cultural value, and it passed with a do-pass recommendation. SB 1447 would extend the groundwater withdrawal fee moratorium and related Pinal AMA fund provisions through 2033; irrigation district representatives said the extension would help maintain infrastructure amid Colorado River shortages, and it was also recommended do-pass. The committee also considered several regulatory bills. SB 1445 would let smaller cities and towns use approved on-site bacteriological testing equipment and limit required sampling frequency for certain ADEQ permits; the sponsor said it would save small towns money, while some members raised concerns about limiting sampling during discharge events, but the bill still received a do-pass recommendation. SB 1580 would appropriate $2.545 million for a statewide fire incident management platform for fire and law enforcement agencies; supporters said it would improve accountability, information sharing, and interoperability, while one member objected to the targeted funding approach, and the bill passed on a 5-3 vote. SB 1418 would streamline siting and permitting for small modular nuclear reactors in smaller counties, especially when co-located with large industrial users; supporters argued it would help energy reliability and rural economic development, while opponents warned it would weaken local review and environmental safeguards, and it passed 5-3. The committee took up two bills involving consumer protections and access. SB 1419 would add inspection and disclosure requirements for rooftop solar installations and restrict sales claims about estimated savings; supporters said it responded to consumer complaints about roof damage and misleading sales practices, while opponents argued it would burden rooftop solar and restrict speech. After extensive testimony, including from county officials, former ROC leadership, and solar industry representatives, the bill received a do-pass recommendation on a 6-2 vote. SB 1363 would create a rural opportunity initiative to issue additional marijuana-related licenses for underserved rural communities; supporters said it would improve access and reduce illicit-market activity, while opponents argued the bill was confusing and could expand licenses too broadly. The committee ultimately recommended the bill do pass on an 8-0 vote, with members noting possible amendments before floor consideration.